Once in a lifetime an artist is born, who has the explosive talent capable of transforming the very core of the art that he chooses to practice. For the world of rock, that artist was Jimi Hendrix. Hailed as the most influential and creative musician of the twentieth century by fans, critics and contemporaries alike, no other rock artist has been … [Read more...]

One of the great guitarists to grace the musical arena, Carlos Santana is the leading light of world music, the sorcerer with a guitar. Santana’s music is where passion meets melody, virtuosity meets genius and soul meets song. The wonder of his artistic legacy has managed to transcend geographical and cultural borders, carving out a place in … [Read more...]

There is no doubt in anyone’s mind that Keith Richards, rhythm guitarist for that legendary rock and roll band The Rolling Stones, is enormously talented. The founding member and corner stone of the band since its inception, Keith will have the audiences shuddering with delight at his on-stage, inspired and quintessential guitar riffs. But in … [Read more...]

No other musician has earned the right to be venerated as a music God, than the legend himself... Eric Clapton. The only guitarist to have been universally and unequivocally accepted as the best there ever was, Eric Clapton has established a place for himself in the music world, a place that has been unreachable by other musicians to date. … [Read more...]

B.B. King a.k.a Riley B King has been one of the greatest and most influential blues singers and guitarists of the post-war music era. He is the big daddy of the blues, and has been instrumental in bringing this genre into the mainstream music scene from the sidelines. King has reigned as the King Of The Blues for five straight decades, with no … [Read more...]

If you missed our last post, check out Jimmy Page Part 1 Jimmy Page was singularly responsible for the amazing sound effects created within Led Zeppelin. His guitar of choice was a Gibson Les Paul. (At last count he owned 1500 guitars.) He alternatively made use of fuzz, distortion, pedal steel guitars, slide guitars and acoustic guitars in … [Read more...]

Jimmy Page, guitarist, composer, songwriter and producer all rolled into one, is one of the most influential and charismatic musicians in the history of world music. Jimmy’s music, a marriage of powerful, passionate hard rock with subtle blues and traditional acoustic sounds, has redefined rock vocabulary forever. The master-mind of the Led … [Read more...]